telepathy
English
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tɛˈlɛp.ə.θi/, /təˈlɛp.ə.θi/, /ˈtɛl.əˌpæθ.i/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]telepathy (usually uncountable, plural telepathies)
- (parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.
- Synonyms: mindreading (rare), thoughtcasting, far-feeling (puristic)
- 2013, Al Gore, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change[1], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 239:
- Gerwin Schalk and Anthony Ritaccio, at the Albany Medical Center, are working under a multimillion-dollar grant from the U.S. military to design and develop devices that enable soldiers to communicate telepathically. Although this seems like something out of a science fiction story, the Pentagon believes that these so-called telepathy helmets are sufficiently feasible that it is devoting more than $6 million to the project. The target date for completion of the prototype device is 2017.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: telepathie
- → Indonesian: telepati
Translations
[edit]communication by psychic means
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